The Albatross Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | D |
Capo: | no capo |
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[Verse 1]
Bm D
Wise man once said
Gmaj7 A
"Wild winds are death to the candle"
Bm D Gmaj7 A
A rose by any other name is a scandal
Bm D Gmaj7
Cautions issued, he stood
A
Shooting the messengers
Bm A Gmaj7 D
They tried to warn him about her
[Chorus]
D A
Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm Gmaj7
Only liquor anoints you
D A
She's the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
She is here to destroy you
[Verse 2]
Bm D
Wise man once said
Gmaj7 A
"One bad seed kills the garden"
Bm D Gmaj7 A
"One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen"
Bm D Gmaj7
Locked me up in towers
A
But I'd visit in your dreams
Bm D Gmaj7 A
And they tried to warn you about me
[Chorus]
D A
Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm Gmaj7
Only liquor anoints you
D A
She's the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
She is here to destroy you
D A
Devils that you know
Bm Gmaj7
Raise worse hell than a stranger
D A
She's the death you chose
Bm Gmaj7
You're in terrible danger
[Bridge]
Em Gmaj7 D A Em
And when that sky rains fire on you
Gmaj7 D A
And you're persona non grata
Em Gmaj7 D A Em
I'll tell you how I've been there too
Gmaj7 D A
And that none of it matters
[Chorus]
Bm D Gmaj7
Wise men once read fake news
A
And they believed it
Bm D Gmaj7
Jackals raised their hackles
A
You couldn't conceive it
Bm D Gmaj7 A Bm
You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed
D Gmaj7 A
And I tried to warn you about them
[Chorus]
D A
So I crossed my thoughtless heart
Bm Gmaj7
Spread my wings like a parachute
D A
I'm the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
I swept in at the rescue
D A
The devil that you know
Bm Gmaj7
Looks now more like an angel
D A
I'm the life you chose
Bm Gmaj7 D A
And all this terrible danger
Bm Gmaj7 D A
This terrible danger
D A Bm G
So cross your thoughtless heart
D A
She's the albatross
Bm Gmaj7
She is here to destroy you
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The Albatross – Taylor Swift
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7 comments

YESS
+5

try: Am Cm Gm A(verse) and Cm Gm A (chorus)
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if u want to do it like how she does it in the song do this:
verse:
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---1-----1-----1-----1---
-2---2-0---0-------0---0-
-------------3---3-------
chorus:
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---2---------------------
-0---0---2-----4-----4---
-------0---0-2---2-------
-------------------3---3-
bridge:
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---------------2---------
---------4---0---0---2---
---2---------------0---0-
-0---0-3---3-------------
id recommend learning how to place each group of three- and u do it slowly.
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